The co-founder and chief executive officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has received a hefty pay raise, even though its annual charity walks are being reduced by half next year.

In August 2012, the foundation announced that Palm Beach resident Nancy Brinker would step down as CEO. Ten months later, however, Brinker is still CEO.

A spokeswoman for the foundation told the Dallas Morning News in May that Brinker had received a 64 percent raise, giving her a salary of more than $650,000.

This week, the foundation announced that the annual Susan G. Komen for the Cure three-day charity walks will be held in seven cities, instead of the usual 14, beginning in 2014.

"Economic uncertainty over the past four years have presented challenges for all nonprofits, and have affected participation levels for the Komen 3-day ... (and) have made it difficult to financially sustain an event of this magnitude in 14 cities," the foundation said in a statement to ABC News.

The announcement comes more than a year after the charity was criticized for announcing that it would cut funding to Planned Parenthood and then reversing its decision.

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